Habitat in Virginia
Pine savannas
Open, fire-kept longleaf pine stands over grasses and wildflowers on wet to moist sandy soil. Schafale
- Plants
- 209
- Birds
- 78
Plants
Plants that grow wild in this habitat in Virginia. Not a planting list.
- Mead's SedgeCarex meadii
- Pitchfork CrowngrassPaspalum bifidum
- Southern Waxy SedgeCarex glaucescens
- Southern Winged LoosestrifeLythrum lanceolatum
- Hyssopleaf Hedge-nettleStachys hyssopifolia
- Liatris spicata var. resinosaLiatris resinosa
- Rough Hedge-nettleStachys aspera
- Whorled LoosestrifeLysimachia quadrifolia
- Bluntleaf False FoxgloveAgalinis obtusifolia
- Slender False FoxgloveAgalinis tenuifolia
- Rafinesque's SeedboxLudwigia hirtella
- Raven's SeedboxLudwigia ravenii
- Roanoke WitchgrassDichanthelium roanokense
- Savanna SeedboxLudwigia virgata
- White-edge WitchgrassDichanthelium tenue
- Stiff AsterIonactis linariifolia
- Hairy BluestemAnatherum hirsutius
- Mohr's BluestemAnatherum mohrii
- Nuttall's LobeliaLobelia nuttallii
- Pond CypressTaxodium ascendens
- Blue WitchgrassDichanthelium caerulescens
- Coastal Plain WitchgrassDichanthelium longiligulatum
- Mattamuskeet Panic Grass, Mattamuskeet WitchgrassDichanthelium mattamuskeetense
- Rough Hair Witch GrassDichanthelium strigosum var. strigosum
- Shining Witchgrass; Cypress Panicgrass; Shining Witch Grass; Cypress Panic GrassDichanthelium dichotomum var. nitidum
- Wright's WitchgrassDichanthelium wrightianum
- Bog RushJuncus biflorus
- Elliott's RushJuncus elliottii
- Savanna Mountain-mintPycnanthemum flexuosum
- Rattlesnake Master; Button EryngoEryngium yuccifolium var. yuccifolium
- Spiked Hoary-peaTephrosia spicata
- Pine LilyLilium catesbaei
- Smooth Purple ConeflowerEchinacea laevigata
- Slender Rattlesnake-rootNabalus autumnalis
- Awned Mountain-mintPycnanthemum setosum
- Coastal Bog BentgrassAgrostis altissima
- Florida Yellow FlaxLinum floridanum var. floridanum
- Compact DodderCuscuta compacta
- Switch CaneArundinaria tecta
- Fringed Meadow-beautyRhexia petiolata
- Nash's Meadow-beautyRhexia nashii
- Swollen Meadow-beautyRhexia ventricosa
- Virginia Meadow-beautyRhexia virginica
- Woolly ChaffheadCarphephorus tomentosus
- Anglestem BeaksedgeRhynchospora caduca
- Clustered BeaksedgeRhynchospora glomerata
- Cymose BeaksedgeRhynchospora recognita
- Fascicled BeaksedgeRhynchospora fascicularis
Wildlife
Animals whose habitat model includes this habitat in Virginia. Shared habitat, not food.
Birds 78
- Northern CardinalCardinalis cardinalis
- Northern FlickerColaptes auratus
- Northern MockingbirdMimus polyglottos
- Northern ShovelerAnas clypeata
- Orchard OrioleIcterus spurius
- OspreyPandion haliaetus
- Pileated WoodpeckerDryocopus pileatus
- Purple FinchCarpodacus purpureus
- Red-bellied WoodpeckerMelanerpes carolinus
- Red-cockaded WoodpeckerPicoides borealis
- Red-headed WoodpeckerMelanerpes erythrocephalus
- Red-shouldered HawkButeo lineatus
- Red-tailed HawkButeo jamaicensis
- Red-winged BlackbirdAgelaius phoeniceus
- Ruby-crowned KingletRegulus calendula
- Rusty BlackbirdEuphagus carolinus
- Savannah SparrowPasserculus sandwichensis
- Sharp-shinned HawkAccipiter striatus
- Snowy EgretEgretta thula
- Spotted SandpiperActitis macularius
- Tufted TitmouseBaeolophus bicolor
- Turkey VultureCathartes aura
- White-eyed VireoVireo griseus
- White-throated SparrowZonotrichia albicollis
- Wild TurkeyMeleagris gallopavo
- Wood ThrushHylocichla mustelina
- Yellow-bellied SapsuckerSphyrapicus varius
- Yellow-breasted ChatIcteria virens
- Yellow-crowned Night-heronNyctanassa violacea
- Yellow-rumped WarblerDendroica coronata
Sources
- Schafale, Guide to the Natural Communities of North Carolina, Fourth Approximation (NC Natural Heritage Program, 2012) habitat description
- Weakley, Flora of the Southeastern United States (2025), Carolinas & Georgia edition, habitat text phone app
- NC Parks species accounts
- USDA Forest Service Fire Effects Information System (reviewed notes)
- USGS Gap Analysis Project habitat models (2001)
- USGS Gap Analysis Project range maps (2001)
- NatureServe Explorer ecological systems (CC BY 4.0)
- Sandy Pine Savanna, Rush Featherling subtype, Robert Thornhill habitat picture
Habitat classes are filed under these habitat types by reviewed matches; descriptions are short glosses.